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Who's teaching Malia Obama to drive? Not the 'rents

First lady Michelle Obama gave Michael Strahan an Easter apron after their interview for 'Live with Kelly and Michael' on Monday in the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden at the White House during the 136th annual White House Easter Egg Roll.(Photo: David M. Russell Disney ABC)

Life in the Obama White House can sometimes be horribly embarrassing — for the Obama teens, their mom revealed today. Also, she added, no way is either parent going to teach 15-going-on-16-year-old Malia to drive.

First lady Michelle Obama, sporting a slightly new hairstyle, was interviewed live by Michael Strahan of LIVE with Kelly and Michael at the White House, and confessed that "like most parents, we love to embarrass them."

Threatening to start singing or dancing almost always gets the girls squirming, she joked to Strahan as the two lounged in chairs in the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden during the 136th annual White House Easter Egg Roll.

Whenever one of the girls is at a public event with the 'rents and not looking engaged enough, Mrs. Obama leans over and whispers, "If you don't smile, I'm going to start dancin'," grooving a little in her chair. " ' Oh, no, mom, anything but that!' " is the usual response, she said.

As she has said before whenever she has dropped tidbits about Malia, 16 in July, and Sasha, 13 in June, her girls' fondest hope is to be considered "normal," despite the trappings of the White House and all the security hassles that go with the presidency.

She says she and the president try every day to make that possible — but not so far that they're teaching Malia to drive. The Secret Service shuddered at the thought, she joked.

"I think our agents don't want us driving with teenagers," she grinned. "So they want to keep us, you know — especially the president's detail. I don't think they want him in the state when she's learning how to drive. We will fortunately be able to hand that responsibility over to someone else."

Kelly Ripa, back in New York, jumped in to tell Obama that she loved her new hairstyle, featuring a sleek blowout of highlighted layers framing her face.

Mrs. O did the interview to promote the Easter Egg Roll (with a health-conscious theme this year) and her Let's Move anti-obesity campaign. She also chatted about a typical Sunday at the White House, hanging out on the Truman Balcony with its great view of the Washington Monument.

"We spend a lot of time when the weather's warm on the Truman Balcony just kind of hanging out, reading the paper, and catching up on the news and all that good stuff," she said.

At the end, she and Strahan donned White House Easter Egg Roll aprons.